Double integration band of HTLV-1 in a young patient with infective dermatitis who developed an acute form of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma

Authors :: Oliveira, Pedro D.
Magalhães, Marcelo
Argolo, Juliana M.
Bittencourt, Achiléa L.
Farre, Lourdes
Source :: Journal of Clinical Virology. Feb2013, Vol. 56 Issue 2, p163-166. 4p.
Publication Year :: 2013
Abstract: Abstract: Few cases of acute adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) have been diagnosed in young patients. This report is the first to describe a young girl with infective dermatitis associated with HTLV-1 that progressed to acute ATL with Southern blot hybridization and gamma-TCR-rearrangement revealing a monoclonal pattern with two copies of the provirus. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Subjects :: *HTLV-I infections
*ADULT T-cell leukemia
*T-cell lymphoma
*SKIN inflammation diagnosis
*IMMUNOBLOTTING
*T cell receptors
*PATIENTS
*DIAGNOSIS

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